Chinese Internet Slangs and Their Social Impact




Important Chinese Things with Jenny Zhu · Learn Chinese · ChinesePod · Qingwen show

Summary: The proliferation of social media has given the Chinese language a dynamic serge of innovation and creativity. New words and phrases are coined and spreading at dizzying speed and changing the way people talk online and in real life. In our show today, we look at some of the most widely used new words in China right now; at opposing views on how these new expressions should be treated; at the cat and mouse game between internet users and censors. Jenny and her guests also talk about Michelle Obama's trip to China and spill the beans on the superstar Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan.